Fehriye Erdal

Erdal, Fehriye
Born (1977-02-25)25 February 1977[1][2]
Adana[1][2]
Nationality Turkish
Organization DHKP-C

Fehriye Erdal (born 25 February 1977) is a female political activist from Turkey. She was one of the three DHKP-C members allegedly involved in the assassination of a Turkish businessman, Özdemir Sabancı and two of his employees on 9 January 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2008, however, she was acquitted of this charge.

In 1999, she was captured in Belgium.[3] At the time of her arrest, she held a fake passport under the name Nese Yildirim. Belgian officials were able to identify her only after her fingerprints were taken.

In 2006, a couple of hours before her sentence was announced and in spite of being under 24-hour surveillance of the Belgian Secret Service, she managed to flee.[4] She was to be sentenced to a four-year imprisonment in Belgium for the crimes she had committed in that country.[5] She would later be handed over to Turkey in order to be tried for her involvement in terrorist activities within the borders of the Turkish Republic.

After her escape, Interpol issued a red bulletin for Fehriye Erdal sending a message to its 186 member countries that she is to be captured and returned to Belgium.[6] Although there have been reports that she has been seen in Cyprus and Jordan, there was no solid information on her whereabouts.

In 2008, the Belgian Court of Appeal acquitted Fehriye Erdal of all charges against her. The court ruled there is no evidence connecting Erdal with terrorist activities.[7] In 2011, Belgian investigators claimed they were no longer actively looking for Erdal, who was still on Interpol's list, and they believed she might be dead.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Jean Pestieau (23 August 2000). "Fehriye Erdal vertelt" [Fehriye Erdal narrates] (in Dutch). Belgium: Workers' Party of Belgium.
  2. 1 2 "Belçika'da 'Fehriye' alayı!" [The Belgian Fehriye Process] (in Turkish). Milliyet. 4 March 2006.
  3. ↑ Paul Belien, Belgium Allows Terrorist to Escape, The Brussels Journal
  4. ↑ Güven Özalp (3 March 2006). "'Erdal'ı yakalayan ülke iade edebilir" [Erdal captured, may be returned to the country] (in Turkish). Milliyet.
  5. ↑ Turkish police blame Erdal escape on negligence NTV-MSNBC
  6. ↑ Interpol issues red bulletin for Erdal, Hürriyet
  7. ↑ De Wit, John (8 February 2008). "Antwerps Hof: "Belgische DHKP-C is geen terreurgroep, zelfs geen bende"". GVA.be (in Dutch). Mediahuis N.V. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fehriye Erdal is wellicht dood". HLN.be (in Dutch). De Persgroep Digital. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
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